A Fashion Show to Teach Summer Interns How to Dress: Cool or Crazy?

If you've ever worked in a place that has summer interns, chances are you've seen some questionable attire. For the majority of the college kids coming through those office doors, it's their first exposure to the working world, and going from the co-ed uniform of hoodies, jeans, and going-out tops to something office-appropraite definitely has its growing pains. Accounting firm KPMG is nipping the problem in the bud by kicking off the start of summer with a fashion show attended by its roughly 1,200 interns, reports The Wall Street Journal. The catwalk showed off pieces from Men's Wearhouse and Banana Republic, all styled to suggest work-appropriate ensembles. The idea came about after interns posed questions about what the company's business-casual dress code meant, and there were some incidents of wardrobing "not in a way that we would have preferred," Kathy Schaum, national campus recruiting director, told WSJ (yikes!). As a bonus, everyone walked out with a gift card to ensure they could mimic the lessons they learned. Do you think the idea is a smart one, or does it just feel a little weird? Would you have been offended or grateful if this happened somewhere you were interning?

If you've ever worked in a place that has summer interns, chances are you've seen some questionable attire. For the majority of the college kids coming through those office doors, it's their first exposure to the working world, and going from the co-ed uniform of hoodies, jeans, and going-out tops to something office-appropraite definitely has its growing pains.

Accounting firm KPMG is nipping the problem in the bud by kicking off the start of summer with a fashion show attended by its roughly 1,200 interns, reports The Wall Street Journal. The catwalk showed off pieces from Men's Wearhouse and Banana Republic, all styled to suggest work-appropriate ensembles. The idea came about after interns posed questions about what the company's business-casual dress code meant, and there were some incidents of wardrobing "not in a way that we would have preferred," Kathy Schaum, national campus recruiting director, told WSJ (yikes!). As a bonus, everyone walked out with a gift card to ensure they could mimic the lessons they learned.

Do you think the idea is a smart one, or does it just feel a little weird? Would you have been offended or grateful if this happened somewhere you were interning?